Stationery holder



1,623,604 Aprll 5.1927. B. SWAN STATIONERY HOLDER v V Filed March 15. 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Witnesses Inventor:

Betty Suv T vLgi L/ 14 K Atty.

April 1927.

B, SUVAN STATIONERY HOLDER Filed March 15, 1925 Witne s ses 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ill Inventor Betty I S an Patented Apr. 5, 1927.

warren STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BETTY SUVAIT, OF G HICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO ELIZABETH SULLIVAN, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.-

STATIONERY HOLDER.

Application filed March 15, 1926. Serial No. 94,802.

My invention relatesto stationery holders, constructed and designed for use in conjunction with typewritingmachines, to effect a saving bot-l1. of time and labor inassembling letterheads, carbon sheets and second sheets and introducing the assemblages into the machines.

Another object of my invention is to pro- 'vide a device of this character which will embody certain desired features of sim plicity. efiiciency and convenience, and which will be economical in manufacture.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which,

Fig. 1 represents a perspective view of a stationery holder. made in accordance with my presentinvention;

Fig. 2 represents a side elevational View of the holder in association with a typewriting machine;

Fig. 3 represents a front elevational view of the holder; and,

Fig. 1- represents a vertical sectional View taken substantially on the line t'4: of Fig. 3. My stationery holder in its preferred form of construction, comprises a support unit including a base body 5 adapted to. lie flat upon a table surface as 6 on which the typewriting machine 7 is placed for operation, the said base body 5 having dimension and weight sufficient to balance the obliquely positioned holding unit comprising the super-structure. The support unit also includes a socket memberti provided with a reduced screw threaded end 9 which is threaded into a suitable screw threaded opening 10 provided for the purpose in the center of the base body, and also provided with a shoulder 11 which is adapted to overlie the top surface of the base body. Telescoping within the bore 12 of the socket member is a pedestal rod 13 on which is secured a bracket 14 provided with a flange 15 extending in oblique relation as shown. Tapped transversely through the socket member 8 is a thumb screw 16 by means of which the pedestal 13 may be secured in the socket member at the elevation desired.

bottom plates 19 and 20 which connect the "back and front plates'll' and 18, and a side plate 21, which connects the back and front plates 17 and 18 as well as the top and bottom plates 19 and 20 and hence constitutes a closure for one side of the box body.

The interior of the box body isdivided into compartments A, B, C and D by means of suitable partition members 2, 23 and 24, which are held in suitable guide pieces 25 secured for the purpose to the top and bottom members 19 and 20. An inspection of the drawings will reveal that the box body, thus constructed, is secured upon the support unit in oblique position; and also that the side edges 26 and 27 of the top and bottom members 19 and 20 extend in a direction oblique to the front and back walls 18 and 17, so that the partition members, for the sake of convenience and economy in manufacture, may be made equal in size and yet have their front side marginal edges 28 projecting in stepped relation from the front of the box to the rear thereof, both with respect to the front and rear plates of the box and with respect to each other, as clearly e2;- hibited in Figs. 1 and 3.

The obliquely positioned compartments A, B and C are intended to be usedrespcctively as receptacles for letterhcads, carbon sheets and second sheets, for their support in stepped relation in proximity to the feed board 29 of the typewriting machine 7. It will be evident that the support unit maybe adjusted so as to bring the stationery holding unit into such relation with the feed board 29 that the letterhead-s, carbon sheets and second sheets may be picked up during practically one continuous movement of the arm, whereby to enablea convenient. rapid and easy assemblage of the stationery unit to be introduced into the typewriting machine. The obliquely positioned compartment D may be usedas a receptacle for reserve stationery or other material used in connection with the typewriting operations.

In order to provide for a ready seizure of the letterheads, carbon sheets and second sheets in sequence, the front plate 18 and partitions 22, 23 and 24., are similarly provided with clearance notches 30 which extend inv-:arr.lly from the free side edges thereof.

The front plate 18, being obliquely positioned and rising in'nnediately behind the typewriting machine, may be conveniently employed as a rest for a stenographic note book as 31; and as a suitable means for securing the note book in position, I provide a suitable clip device 32 one arm or jaw 33 of which is attached to the frontplate 18.

lVhile I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification Without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not Wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appending claim.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A stationery holder comprising a vertical standard, an obliquely disposed casing attached thereto and open at one side thereof, a flnrality of partitions arranged in parallel relation in the casing and defining; a plurality of stationery receiving compartments, each of the partitions and the front wall 0 '1' the casing being provided with registering: notches to facilitate grasping and removal of the stationery from the compartments.

In testimony whereof I have signed in name to this specification.

BETTY SUVAN. 

